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Stories of the Year

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Journalism

2016

Photo by Wilbur Venske

This aerial photo, taken in late September 2016, shows the Hwy. 138 roundabout and Kettle Park West construction.

Progress at Kettle Park West, riverfront, but turmoil elsewhere

Stories of 2016
1. KPW takes more strides
2. Riverfront redevelopment
3. Pig wrestling at the fair
4. Wrestling makes state again
5. Trotter new chamber director
6. Menzer leaves SASD board
7. Council enacts TIF policy
8. (tie) Veterans memorial
8. (tie) Tragic deaths
8. (tie) Girls basketball finishes
second at state
and the Stoughton Veterans Memorial
getting close to completion in time for
Veterans Day.

1. KPW takes more strides

The biggest development in the
citys history is well underway, and it
took steps toward getting bigger this
year.
The first phase of the Kettle Park
West development includes a 35-acre
commercial center at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 51 and state Hwy.
138, and construction on a Wal-Mart

Supercenter made progress this year.

Improvements to nearby streets and
roads were also completed in 2016.
Work crews began building the
153,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter in June, and Forward Development Group development manager
Dennis Steinkraus said he expects it
to open in late March.
FDG also received city approval to
begin construction on other buildings
in the retail area and on its first commercial buildings in Phase 2, which
someday could include single-family
homes. However, some alders have
been skeptical about providing further
taxpayer assistance, which would be
needed for the residential area.
Approved buildings including
McFarland State Bank and Kwik Trip,
a large multi-tenant building on part
of Lot 4 in the commercial center
and another building on part of Lot 7
and, just this month, a new hotel and
senior housing facility on the north
side of Jackson Street. Construction
has not started yet on any buildings
other than Wal-Mart, however.
Most of the work completed this
year involved road improvements.
The most obvious accomplishments
are a roundabout where Kettle Park
Way a street within the commercial
center meets Hwy. 138, and new
traffic signals at the intersection of
Hwys. 51/138.

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State Rep. LaTonya Johnson, D-Milwaukee, holds

corroded galvanized plumbing that was removed from
her Milwaukee house.
Galvanized pipes, likely
to be in older homes, can
accumulate lead from service lines, such as the one
supplying Johnsons home.
Johnson operated a home
day care for several years
before running for public
office. Last session she
introduced a bill that would
require a water test when a
child is diagnosed with lead
poisoning.

their water have fallen

short on several fronts,
the Wisconsin Center for
Investigative Journalism
has found. Among the
problems uncovered by the
Center in documents and
interviews:
There is a lack of testing for lead in drinking
water consumed by children while away from
home. Federal regulations
enforced by the state of
Wisconsin do not require
most schools or day care
centers to test at all. A
2016 USA Today investigation found that an
estimated 90 percent of
schools nationally are not
required to test their water.
There has been confusion over proper lead
testing procedures at some
schools, day care centers
and public water systems
in Wisconsin, as the Center
has reported. This year, the
state Department of Natural Resources waited nine
months to send an official
notice to public water system operators that the EPA

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Whatever you think of the events in

Stoughton in 2016, they were always
interesting.
The citys most polarizing and significant project, the development of
Kettle Park West, took big steps this
year, with the start of construction of
the Wal-Mart Supercenter, the approval of several other buildings and proposals for a second, perhaps even
more contentious phase that would
bring housing but also likely cost the
city millions.
Plans for a redevelopment of the
citys riverfront area were less divisive but will probably take much longer to implement. It took more than
a year for the city to get its hands on
the MillFab property the key to the
development and it will take months
or years to complete cleanup and get
infrastructure there. But its been the
subject of much excitement.
One kind of wrestling made people yell and scowl the pig wrestling
event at the Stoughton Fair, which
led to a citywide ban while another
made people cheer, as the high school
wrestling team took home a silver at
state and produced two individual
champions.
There were big changes at the
Stoughton Chamber of Commerce,
the Stoughton Area School Board
and the Common Council, and there
were triumphs, with the girls basketball team finishing runner-up at state

Almost two weeks into

the school year, Melissa
Corrigan got an email from
the principal and superintendent of her daughters
elementary school.
Water from four West
Middleton Elementary
School faucets taken Sept.
1, the first day of school,
had tested high for levels of lead or copper. As
a safety precaution, the
school would provide bottled water to students until
the issue was resolved
just like what River Bluff
Middle School in Stoughton did for months in the
2014-15 school year when
elevated lead levels were
discovered.
Corrigan whose
daughters Brooklyn and
Carly are in first and
fourth grades thought
little of the news, partly
because the email told parents of the school west of
Madison that it was highly unlikely that the water
was unsafe to drink.
But West Middletons
results were high one
faucet had more than six
times the federal action
level of 15 parts per billion
of lead and nearly 19 times
the federal action level of
1,300 ppb of copper. Samples from nine of the 10
faucets showed a presence
of lead. River Bluff, in
comparison, had one test
at 16 ppb of lead in September 2014.
Any amount of lead can
cause permanent brain
damage, including reduced
intelligence and behavioral problems, according to
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. Infants
and children are considered the most vulnerable
to leads negative effects.
State and federal efforts
to protect Wisconsin children in schools and day
care centers from lead in

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Continued from page 1
had updated its testing recommendations in response
to flaws uncovered by Flint,
Michigans lead-in-water
crisis.
Lead service lines, a
significant source of lead in
drinking water, continue to
provide water to hundreds
of schools and day care
centers around Wisconsin.
In other communities, officials are not sure how many
schools and day cares have
lead pipes.
Because of West Middletons rural Dane County
location, the school has its
own well and is among the
minority of schools that
must comply with some of
the same testing requirements as municipal water
systems. Lead generally
makes its way into water
not at the water plant but
as it travels through service
lines and indoor plumbing,
all of which could contain
lead.
Two weeks after the initial test, the K-4 school with
400 students had the same
faucets and three water
fountains tested again.
The levels of lead and
copper returned to below
the action level, and students and staff were again

allowed to use the water.

We tried to do everything in our power to make
sure everyone was safe,
Middleton-Cross Plains
Area School District superintendent George Mavroulis
said.
The school has since
replaced two faucets and
planned to replace two
more over winter break, he
said. Perry Hibner, the districts spokesman, believed
two human errors caused
the schools initial water
samples to be high in lead
and copper: not flushing
the system beforehand, as
the DNR suggests after
long periods of non-use like
summer break, and removing the aerators from the
faucets, which allowed a
higher than normal water
flow.
Subsequent samples
were taken after one hour
of flushing and six hours of
non-use.
T h e E PA i s s u e d n ew
nationwide guidance in
February clarifying that
public water systems should
not remove aerators or flush
systems before sampling to
avoid masking the level of
lead in the water but they
are recommendations, not
requirements.
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Middletons test results,

Ya n n a L a m b r i n i d o u , a
Virginia Tech University researcher who helped
train Flint researchers, said
telling parents a health risk
was highly unlikely was a
stunningly irresponsible
statement, especially after
Flint.
Said Lambrinidou:
There is no safe level of
lead in drinking water.
All licensed day care
centers in Wisconsin are
required to identify and
mitigate dangers from lead
paint, but only centers
that use private wells are
required to eliminate lead
hazards in drinking water,
according to Joe Scialfa,
spokesman for the state
Department of Children and
Families.
The USA Today investigation found that among
schools and day care centers that are required to test,
Wisconsin recorded the
fourth-highest number of
lead exceedances, with 24
between 2012 and 2015.

Lead in small doses

dangerous
Exposure to even small
amounts of lead can cause
permanent damage. A
2012 study of nearly 4,000
fourth-graders in Milwaukee showed that those
with elevated levels of
lead even below what is
considered dangerous
scored significantly lower
on reading and math tests
than those without elevated
blood-lead levels.

The Center reported

in February that at least
176,000 homes and businesses in Wisconsin receive
water from lead service
lines, which can account
for 50 to 75 percent of lead
contamination in tap water.
Milwaukee says it has
removed lead service lines
leading to all of its public
school buildings. Madison
is thought to be the first city
in the nation to remove all
lead service lines from its
water utility service area.
Milwaukee and 17 other
communities will use parts
of a $14.5 million DNR
program to begin replacing
lead service lines leading to
schools and daycares.

A regulatory vacuum
In the Lead Contamination Control Act, the EPA
recommends that schools
test water at each cold
water tap although no
frequency is mentioned
share abnormal results with
the public and take action
to remediate any problems.
But these are not requirements.
News investigations have
shown that administrators
in Newark, New Jersey,
Portland, Oregon and Ithaca, New York knew about
lead in water at schools for
several months or years
before the findings became
public. Lambrinidou, the
Virginia Tech researcher,
and others decried the regulatory vacuum surrounding water testing in schools
in a 2010 paper titled

Failing Our Children.

If youre a parent its
better to know that theyre
not doing much than to
have false comfort that the
schools are taking care of
them, Lambrinidou said.

School leaders mixed

on lead mandate

Superintendent Jack Stoskopf said the school relies

on a filtration system for
tap water and has spent
about $1,000 a month over
the past 10 years on bottled
drinking water.
Thats far less expensive
than tearing up the foundation of the school and tearing up the pipes, he said.
Crystal Wozniak, who
lives in Green Bay with her
4-year-old son Casheous,
said she tried to avoid lead
in drinking water when
deciding where he would
attend preschool. Casheous
was lead poisoned when he
was 9 months old, possibly
from paint.
The water at a school
may be more harmful
because theyre ingesting the water, and the
food there is made with
the water, she said. All
the kids arent necessarily
going around licking the
walls, but theyre drinking
the water.

A Center survey of all

4 2 4 Wi s c o n s i n s c h o o l
district superintendents
revealed a mixture of attitudes toward identifying
and mitigating lead hazards.
Most chose not to complete
the survey at all.
The 47 respondents
were split on whether
there should be a statewide
requirement that all public schools test their water
for lead. While some do
test either voluntarily or
because they have private
wells others said paying
for testing is simply not an
option.
J o n B a l e s , exe c u t ive
director of the Wisconsin
Association of School DisThe nonprofit Wisconsin
trict Administrators, said
Center for Investigative
most of his members supJournalism (www.Wisconport water testing. But if it
sinWatch.org) collaborates
identifies lead hazards that
with Wisconsin Public
require costly remediation,
Radio, Wisconsin Public
he said, We feel like there
ought to be some federal Television, other news media
support and state support to and the UW-Madison School
of Journalism and Mass
do that.
Communication. All works
When officials at Rivercreated, published, postside Elementary School east
ed or disseminated by the
of Wausau discovered that
Center do not necessarily
lead from pipes in its foundation was leaching into the reflect the views or opinions
water, they opted to remove of UW-Madison or any of its
affiliates.
the schools drinking fountains entirely. Assistant

Elevated lead at River Bluff Middle School (2014-15)

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In late September 2014,

the Stoughton Area School
District turned off the
taps at River Bluff Middle
School after elevated levels
of lead were discovered in

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split the blame between the

two sides, finding the elevated lead concentrations
came from separate and
unrelated sources.
It concluded that the disturbance of iron particulates
from years of cold weather-related water main and
service line leaks likely
pushed the utilities water
system out of compliance
with the state level. At the
same time, lead-laden debris
was moving through from

corroding hot water tanks at

the beginning of the schools
plumbing system.
The report concluded
the issues were not in the
mainstream knowledge of
water system personnel or
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While the level didnt
constitute an alarming
spike, at 16 parts per billion, it was over the state
public health standard of
15, so the school provided
bottled water through late
March, at a cost of more
than $12,000.
After the district and
Stoughton Utilities couldnt
agree on the source of contamination, a third-party
consultant report essentially

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Two rescued after falling through Lake Kegonsa ice

to call for help after the
incident occurred in the
center of the lake approximately half a mile from
the Fish Camp County
Park landing in the Town of
Dunn.
Sheriff s deputies, as
well as rescue officials
from McFarland, Madison,
Stoughton and Monona,
responded after the ATV
broke through the ice and
sent both individuals into
the water, who were then
unable to extract themselves, according to the
news release.
Dane County Sheriff s

Office Marine and Trail

Enforcement deputies and
the Madison Fire Department Lake Rescue Team
both deployed airboats to
reach the individuals, and
both were pulled from the
water using an ice rescue
sled within 30 minutes.
The individuals were then
transported to an area hospital for symptoms related
to cold exposure and hypothermia, the news release
said.
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Stoughton Hospital earns top health care awards

Stoughton Hospital recently
received two awards for top health
care performance.
Stoughton Hospital Home Health
(SHHH) was named a Top Agency of
the 2016 HomeCare Elite and were
also given the Guardian of Excellence Award by Press Ganey for the
second year in a row.
The SHHH award comes in recognition of the top-performing home
health agencies in the United States.
Agencies are ranked based on
publicly available performance measures, such as best practice implementation, patient experience, quality outcomes.
Julie Stenbroten, the Stoughton Hospital Home Health manager, credits the Home Health staff s

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Election was as Founders intended

My missive in support of the
Founders reasoning for the Electoral College contained a significant
error in context that was mine. I own
up to it.
The error is that I misstated the
number of counties won by Clinton.
My number should have been 467,
not 57 as written (though the Courier Hub stated a slightly different
number in its Dec. 22 editors note).
But the fact remains that Clinton
only won slightly more than 15 percent of the counties. Five counties
alone (four in New York City plus
Los Angeles County) counted for
the more than 2.6 million difference
in the popular vote. The premise of
my argument remains unchanged.
The Electoral College

winner-take-all concept began in

1824 and was adopted by most
states except Maine and Nebraska. If the system was allocated by
congressional district, I believe
campaigns would be much different, because there are places where
national candidates do not visit.
The point is neither candidate ran
on winning the popular vote. They
both ran to win the Electoral College, and one did better than the other. The results of the election were
as the Founders intended.
Tim Carter,
City of Stoughton
Editors note: Hillary Clinton
won at least 487 counties, according
to Factcheck.org.

Roadside assistance much appreciated

At about 5p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20,
I was driving east on Main Street
approaching Wells Fargo when I
came upon a car driven by an elderly
gentleman that had ended up sideways in the right lane with the front
end on top of the snow bank.
Since I was the first car to come
upon him in my lane, I stopped and
turned on my emergency flashers.
He got out of his car unharmed but
shaken. While he and I (age 65)
tried clearing snow away with just
our feet, many cars traveled by until
a young man in a truck stopped
behind me and assisted.
This is the reason for my story.

Not only was he a young man, but

he was wearing colors belonging
to a well-known motorcycle club
in Madison. He retrieved a shovel
from his truck and began to clear the
snow around and under the car. Two
of Stoughtons finest soon showed
up and directed traffic, while he continued to remove snow to the point
when the car could be pushed off the
snow bank. A young person stopping to render assistance: Not often
expected, but a member of this club,
it was totally expected. Its what
they do best!
Tom Erstad,
City of Stoughton

Corrections
A story in the Dec. 15 issue of the Courier Hub regarding a fundraiser for a local man battling cancer (Until his last breath) misstated the
type of Brad Schultzs cancer and his wifes name. Schultz has Hodgkins Lymphoma, and his wifes name is Marnie.
The Hub regrets the errors.

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This years notable books

include some that spoke to me

hen I write these columns, the editor gives me

a deadline.
Like all of you, I sometimes miss
my deadlines. Now I have a great
defense if I miss a deadline: Im
giving you time to think and relax.
You should thank me for being
late!
Thats one of several notable
books published in 2016 that
we have at the Stoughton Public Library. I
always have a
lot of fun putting together
this list for the
Hub, especially
since I read,
Thank You
for Being Late:
An Optimists
MacDonald
Guide to Thriving in the Age of
Accelerations
by Thomas L. Friedman.
We all feel it. But now more than
ever we need to stop and think.
We need to pause to appreciate our
lives and our worlds. Slow down
and take time to reimagine work,
politics, and community.
If you enjoy this book, try The
Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in
a Changing World, by the Dalai
Lama and Desmond Tutu. Both
authors have won the Nobel Prize,
are among the worlds greatest spiritual teachers and leaders, and are
two of the happiest people on earth.
Discover how, despite great adversity, the authors have anchored
their spiritual and emotional lives
in simple daily practices.
Happiness is not just for humans
or even animals. In The Hidden
Life of Trees: What They Feel,
How They Communicate Discoveries from a Secret World, by
Peter Wohlleben, you will learn
that trees talk to each other and
look out for each other and that tree
parents raise their children.
Moving from trees to fish, we
have The Dragon Behind the
Glass: A True Story of Power,
Obsession, and the Worlds Most
Coveted Fish by Emily Voigt. This
is the strange and true tale of the
Asian Arowana fish, the worlds
most expensive aquarium fish (a
single specimen cost $150,000),
mass-produced in captivity, but an
endangered species in the wild.
Trees, fish and humans all die.
But all too often, modern medicine
seems to run counter to the interest of the human spirit, according

Notable titles in 2016

Thank You for Being Late, The Book of Joy, The Hidden Life of
Trees, The Dragon Behind the Glass, Being Mortal, When Breath
Becomes Air, Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, from Scout to
Go Set a Watchman, Hillbilly Elegy, The Cure for Catastrophe,
Indelible Ink, Killing the Rising Sun, Stamped From the Beginning, The Name of God is Mercy
to Dr. Atul Gawande, author of
Being Mortal: Medicine and What
Matters in the End. This book is
an account of how the medical profession can not only improve health
but can also vastly improve the
experience of approaching death,
for extending life should not mean
extending suffering.
Speaking of suffering, When
Breath Becomes Air is the autobiographical story of 36-year-old
neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, who
was diagnosed with stage IV lung
cancer. This book speaks to anyone
who may contemplate the nature
of life, death and what makes life
worth living and death meaningful.
In other words, it speaks to all of
us.
Another book that speaks to most
of us is To Kill a Mockingbird,
the 20th centurys most widely read
American novel. If you liked the
original classic, you might also
enjoy Mockingbird: A Portrait
of Harper Lee, from Scout to Go
Set a Watchman by Charles J.
Shields. Its a revised biography
of Harper Lees life and includes
insights into her much-anticipated
Go Set a Watchman, which came
out in 2015.
George Santayana said, Those
who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.
We dont feel good about the
racist past portrayed in To Kill a
Mockingbird, but we must learn
about it and teach our children.
Ibram X. Kendi helps us do just
that with Stamped From the
Beginning : The Definitive History
of Racist Ideas In America, a 2016
winner of a National Book Award.
Kendi writes, History tells us that
racist ideas were created to defend
deeply entrenched and enticing
discriminatory policies. If we are
ever going to deal with the reality
of racism, we must understand how
those ideas developed, spread and
were accepted.
During presidential elections,
we hear a lot about the economy

and our society. Hillbilly Elegy:

A Memoir of a Family and Culture
in Crisis, by J. E. Vance, speaks
of growing up in a poor Rust Belt
town, the struggles of Americas
white working class and the loss
of the American Dream for a large
segment of our country.
Another notable and somewhat
related book is The Cure for
Catastrophe: How We Can Stop
Manufacturing Natural Disasters
by Robert Muir-Wood. The author
cogently argues that so-called
natural disasters are in reality
human-created by our complacency
and heedless development. Author
Muir-Woods envisions a future
where information and action
come together to save us from the
effects of future disasters, and how
decisions we make today can save
millions of lives in the future. Let
this book speak to you, for it may
save your life someday.
If you enjoy reading about history, I recommend, Indelible Ink:
The Trials of John Peter Zenger
and the Birth of Americas Free
Press by Richard Kluger. Kluger
speaks to us of the struggle to legalize free expression in America a
struggle that continues even to this
day. And, a new book notable for
its treatment of more modern historical events is Killing the Rising
Sun: How America Vanquished
World War II Japan. This is the
latest in Bill OReillys readable
collection of books dealing with
significant historical events.
As a fitting final title, The Name
of God is Mercy by Pope Francis
is a conversation between the Pope
and Vatican reporter Andrea Tornielli. If youve ever contemplated
the nature of God, the universe,
life, and whether or not the church
any church should be inclusive
or exclusive, this book will speak to
you. May you be enjoy the best of
reading in the new year!
Richard MacDonald is the director of the Stoughton Public Library.

Obituaries

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Leona Berg

Leona L. Berg, age 98,

passed away peacefully at
her home on Friday, Dec. 16,
2016.
She was born in Chicago
on Jan. 7, 1918, the daughter
of Albert and Hattie Otto.
On May 7, 1938, Leona
m a r r i e d G o r d o n B e rg .
Leona was very active in
many churches and Bible
study groups throughout
her life, for the last 29 years
at Good Shepherd by the
Lake Lutheran Church. She
was a lifelong Cubs fan and
witnessed their World Series
win.
Leona is survived by her
daughters, Patricia (Herb)
Nordbrock of Evansville
and Phyllis Mickey Bost
of Colorado Springs, Colo.;
11 grandchildren, Kristen
(Peter) Disher, Kurt (Amy)
Nordbrock, Erica (Richard)
Franklin, Michael (Penny)
Bost, Donald (Sandi) Bost,
David (Jennifer) Prowitz,

Daniel (Debbie) Prowitz,

Victoria Prowitz, Preston
(Jessica) Berg, Rochelle
(Adam) Deschane and
Shannon Berg; 13 greatgrandchildren; two greatgreat-granddaughters; and her
beloved canine companion,
Roscoe. She was preceded in
death by her parents; husband;
son, Roger; daughter, Karen
(Paul) Prowitz; two sisters,
Louise and Lorraine; and
brother, Walter.
Funeral services will be
held at 11a.m. Saturday, Dec.
31, at Good Shepherd by
the Lake Lutheran Church,
1860 Hwy. 51, with the Rev.
Todd McVey officiating.
Burial will follow in Lutheran
Cemetery South. Friends
and relatives are invited to a
luncheon following the burial
in the church fellowship
hall. Visitation will be held
from 4-7p.m. Friday, Dec.
30, at Cress Funeral Home,
and from 10a.m. until the
time of services Saturday at
church. Memorials may be
made to Good Shepherd by
the Lake Church or Agrace
HospiceCare Inc. A special
thank you to the staff of
Agrace HospiceCare Inc.,
and to Prestons mother, Tina
DeYoung and her daughter
Shay, for keeping Leona
comfortable in her home.
Please share your memories
of Leona.

Allen E. Blackmore

Allen Blackmore

Allen E. Blackmore,
age 81, of Stoughton,
passed away peacefully on
Monday, Dec. 26, at his
residence with his loving
family surrounding him.
He was born on Aug.
17, 1935, in Freeport,

Ill., the son of James

Ed and Josephine
(Shippy) Blackmore. At
age six, Allen attended,
and graduated from the
Delavan School for the
Deaf. He met the love
of his life at school and
married her, Karen Kaley,
on Sept. 28, 1963, in
Milwaukee. Allen became
a clerk for the United
States Postal Service in
1973 and in 1976, became
the first hearing-impaired
letter carrier in the state
of Wisconsin. He retired
in 1995. In retirement, he
delivered parts for NAPA.
In 2007, Allen and Karen
moved to Stoughton to be
close to their children and
their families. Allen was
an exceptional husband,
father and grandfather.
He dedicated his life to

be held at 4p.m. Friday,

Dec. 30, at Gunderson
Stoughton Funeral and
Cremation Care, 1358
Hwy. 51 N. at Jackson
St., with the Rev. William
Palmer presiding. Private
bu r i a l w i l l b e h e l d a t
Roselawn Memorial Park
at a later date. Visitation
will be held at the funeral
home from 1p.m. until
the time of the service on
Friday. Memorials may be
made to Our Savior Deaf
Lutheran Church, 3110
Dairy Dr., Madison. Online
condolences may be made
at www.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson Stoughton
Funeral & Cremation
Care
1358 Hwy. 51 @
Jackson St.
(608) 873-4590

Duane Howard Brickson, age 85, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, on Dec. 26, 2016. He was born
August 12, 1931 in Madison, Wis., the son of Howard and Ethel (Nelson) Brickson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St. Visitation
will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of services.
Duane will be laid to rest at Lutheran Cemetery South. Following the burial, family and friends are invited to a
meal in the Church Fellowship Hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made out to the Kristi Hund Nursing Scholarship Fund at Stoughton Hospital.

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l aw n wo r k , e s p e c i a l l y
mowing the lawn, and
was a handyman, building
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had a smile on his face.
A l l e n e n j oy e d p l a y i n g
cards, boating, traveling,
going RV camping with
family and friends and
participating in Deaf
Community activities.
He is survived by his
wife of 53 years, Karen;
children, Penny Bennett of
Stoughton and Kim (Ray)
McKay of Stoughton;
three grandchildren,
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many cousins and other
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was preceded in death by
his parents; and brother,
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Electronics recycling
Recycle old cell phones and other
used electronics at the senior center
and Hanson Electronics, 2384 Jackson St.
Recycling these materials helps
keep harmful chemicals out of landfills, and 90 percent of proceeds benefit the senior center.
For information, call 873-8585.

Walking program

their watercolor painting skills can

attend a class starting Tuesday, Jan.
3 and repeating weekly through Jan.
24 at the senior center.
The class starts at 7:30 p.m. and
has a $50 registration deadline of
Dec. 30. The intermediate watercolor class is designed for students
who have had some experience with
watercolor or have taken the introductory course. Designed to advance
basic skills and color theory, the
class will work on more involved
projects.
For information, call 873-8585.

Join an indoor walking program

during the winter months that meets
from 5-7 p.m. Monday through Friday
through March 23 at River Bluff Mid- Music program
dle School, 235 N. Forrest St.
People of all ages can participate
For information, contact the senior in an interactive Through the Ages:
center at 873-8585.
Music Makers workshop from
10-11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at the
Yahara River Hootenanny
senior center.
Visit the Yahara River Grocery
Music Together teacher Eliza TykCooperative, 229 E. Main St., for their sinski will lead activities centered
weekly Yahara River Hootenanny, a around chants, songs and movesong-sharing circle for musicians and ments that are engaging for a range
singers, from 10 a.m. to noon on the of ability levels.
first Saturdays of the month from JanFor information, call 873-8585.
uary through November.
The event is open to all ages, abil- SASD K-12 art show
ities and acoustic instruments with
K-12 art students from the
sheet music generally provided. For Stoughton Area School District will
information, contact Emily Beebe at have their art displayed in the atri712-2976 or etbeebe13@gmail.com.
um of the Stoughton Public Library
through Friday, Dec. 30.
Watercolor class
For more information, contact
Those interested in advancing Ruth Phillips at 877-5661 or Ruth.

Bahai Faith

For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911

or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225
us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.

Covenant Lutheran Church

Bible Baptist Church

1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-7494

covluth@chorus.net covluth.org
Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship
Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m. Worship, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School

Christ Lutheran Church

515 E. Main St., Stoughton 834-9050

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Sunday: 10 a.m.

2095 Hwy. W, Utica

873-7077 423-3033
Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship
700 Hwy. B, Stoughton
873-9353 e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org
Sunday Worship: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Traditional
Worship. 9:10 a.m. Family Express, followed by
Sunday School

Christ the King Community

Church

401 W. Main St., Stoughton 877-0303

christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship

Christian Assembly Church

1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton 873-9106

Saturday: 6 p.m. worship; Sunday: 10 a.m.
worship

The Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints

825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton

877-0439 Missionaries 957-3930
Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary

Cooksville Lutheran Church

11927 W. Church St., Evansville

882-4408
Pastor Karla Brekke
Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School

Ezra Church

First Lutheran Church

310 E. Washington, Stoughton

873-7761 flcstoughton.com
Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m. worship

Fulton Church

9209 Fulton St., Edgerton

884-8512 fultonchurch.org
Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship Services
Coffee Fellowship: 9 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m.
AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.

Good Shepherd By The Lake

Lutheran Church

1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton

873-5924
Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m.

LakeView Church

2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton

873-9838 lakevc.org
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship

Phillips@stoughton.k12.wi.us

SciFi Book Group

Those interested in science fiction can join the Foundation SciFi
Book Group at the Stoughton Public
Library on Jan. 4 to discuss 20,000
Leagues Under the Sea by Jules
Verne. The group meets from 6:307:30 p.m. and copies of the book
are provided by the Monroe Public Library. An optional additional
reading will be Captain Nemo: The
Fantastic History of a Dark Genius
by Kevin J. Anderson.
For more information, contact
Kelly Verheyden at 873-6281

Mindful yoga
The Stoughton Hospital, 900
Ridge St., will hold a free yoga class
for those who are survivors, newly
diagnosed or going through treatments for cancer from 11 a.m. to
noon Saturday, Jan. 7.
The class is open to friends, family and caregivers as well, and aims
to help specific physical and emotional needs left by cancer and treatments. Yoga mats are suggested but
chairs will be available. Registration is required and can be done at
stoughtonhospital.com.
For information, contact Sonja at
873-2356.

Seventh Day Baptist

Church of Albion

616 Albion Rd., Edgerton

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Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10
Fellowship Meal follows service on first Sabbath

Stoughton Baptist Church

Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton

873-6517
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship;
6 p.m. - Evening Service

St. Ann Catholic Church

323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton

873-6448 873-7633
Weekday Mass: Nazareth House
and St. Anns Church
Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.;
Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.

United Methodist of Stoughton

525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton
stoughtonmethodist.org
Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org
Sunday: 8 a.m. - Short Service;
10 a.m. - Full Worship

West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship

873-4590

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Stoughton, WI 53589
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Saturday, December 31

New Years Eve: Library closed

Sunday, January 1

New Years Day: Library closed

Monday, January 2

Library, city facilities closed

Tuesday, January 3

7:30 p.m., Intermediate watercolor class begins ($50;

register by Dec. 30), senior center, 873-8585

Wednesday, January 4

1 p.m., Local music by Elaine and Ron Vesterdahl,

senior center, 873-8585
6:30 p.m., The Foundation Scifi Book Group, library,
873-6281

Thursday, January 5

1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St.,

pepstoughton.org
3:15-4 p.m, Chess Club, library, 873-6281

Friday, January 6

1 p.m., Friday Movie: Florence Foster Jenkins,

senior center, 873-8585
7:30 p.m., Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands,
Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., purchase
tickets at stoughtonoperahouse.com

Saturday, January 7

10 a.m. to noon, Yahara River Hootenanny (repeats

first Saturdays through November), Yahara River Grocery Cooperative, 229 E. Main St., 712-2976
11 a.m. to noon, Mindful Yoga for those Affected
by Cancer class (register at stoughtonhospital.com),
Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 873-2356

Sunday, January 8

2-3:30 p.m., Yoga Sundays (ages 16 and up), library,

873-6281

Tuesday, January 10

12-4 p.m., Healing touch sessions, senior center,

873-8585

Wednesday, January 11

3 p.m., Travelogue: Imperial Cities of Europe, senior

center, 873-8585
1 p.m., Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with
Michael Hecht, Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main
St., purchase tickets at stoughtonoperahouse.com

Thursday, January 12

2 p.m., Concerned and Caring: Am I a Caregiver?

program, senior center, 873-8585
3 p.m., More about Facebook program, senior center, 873-8585
6:30-7:30 p.m., Thursdays With Murder, library, 8736281

Friday, January 13

9:30 p.m., Coffee with the Mayor, senior center, 8738585

Saturday, January 14

10-10:45 a.m, LEGO Club, library, 873-6281

Sunday, January 15

2-3:30 p.m., Yoga Sundays (ages 16 and up), library,

873-6281

Western Koshkonong
Lutheran Church

2633 Church St., Cottage Grove

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship
11 a.m. Bible study

Ten Tips for a Better Life in the New Year

1358 Hwy 51, Stoughton

Friday, December 30

10-11 a.m., Through the Ages: Music Makers workshop with Eliza Tyksinski, senior center, 873-8585

Whether you have given up on New Years resolutions or are chomping at the bit to put your new self-tracking device into operation, there
are many simple and easy ways to improve your life in the New Year.
Here are ten tips that will make your life happier and healthier this year:
1. Smile more, even when you dont feel like it.
2. Do something nice for someone every day.
3. Start and end your day by remembering what you have to be thankful for.
4. Protect your healthits your most cherished asset, and without it
nothing else matters.
5. Save something for a rainy day; youll be glad you did when you
need it.
6. Learn something new each day; knowledge is power.
7. Exercise every day, even if its only a short walk.
8. Cultivate your friendships and remember that friendships dont
grow in isolation.
9. Cultivate better relationships with your family.
10. Cultivate a good relationship with God; pray and read scripture daily.
Over the coming weeks, we will examine these tips in more detail, giving practical advice on how to make them part of our everyday lives.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for
this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV

Support groups
Diabetic Support Group
6 p.m., second Monday,
Stoughton Hospital, 6286500

Low Vision Support

1-2:30 p.m., third Thursday, senior center, 8738585

Dementia Caregivers
2 p.m., second Thursday,
senior center, 873-8585

Parkinsons Group
1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth
Wednesday, senior center,
873-8585

Crohns/Colitis/IBD
Support Group
5:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Stoughton Hospital,
873-7928
Grief Support Groups
2 p.m., third Wednesday,
senior center, 873-8585

Multiple Sclerosis Group

10-11:30 a.m., second
Tuesday, senior center,
873-8585
Older Adult Alcoholics
Anonymous
2 p.m., Tuesdays, senior
center, 246-7606 ext. 1182

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Sports

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Courier Hub
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Girls basketball

Burying the opposition

Player of the
week
From Dec. 21-28

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Senior Marissa Robson took

over inside and Paige Halverson reached double digits
Tuesday as Stoughton girls
basketball team cruised to a
58-31 victory against non-conference Kenosha Tremper.
Stoughton jumped out to
a 30-9 advantage at halftime
and never looked back in the
opening round of the Janesville
Craig Holiday Classic.
Robson scored a game-high
20 points, while Halverosn hit
pair of 3-pointers on her way
to 10 more points.
Cassidy Bach and Kendra
Halverson each added eight
points for Stoughton, ranked
eighth in Division 2.
Stoughton head coach Brad
Pickett could not be reached
for comment by the Courier
Hubs Tuesday press deadline.
Amanda Verhagen scored 10,
including a pair of 3-pointers
for Tremper.
Stoughton (6-2 overall, 2-1
Badger South) plays Janesville
Craig (3-3) at 2:45 p.m. Thursday.
The Vikings host Watertown
(4-0) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,

Name: Troy Slaby

Grade: Senior
Sport: Boys basketball
Highlights: Poured in 30 points
Thursday as Stoughton cruised to
a 93-51 victory at non-conference
Dodgeville. Stoughton improved to
7-0 on the season with the victory.

File photo by Anthony Iozzo

Senior Marissa Robson pictured getting a rebound against Oregon earlier this season scored 20
points in a 58-31 win over Kenosha Tremper Tuesday in the Janesville Optomist Tournament.

The Crusaders are ranked

Jan. 3, before returning to con- 5 at Madison Edgewood (6-2,
ference action 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2-1).
No. 2 in Division 3.

Honorable mentions: Max Fernholz

(boys basketball) hit nine 3-pointers
for 27 points against Dodgeville;
Zeth Zeichert (boys hockey) scored
with 21 seconds remaining in the
second to force overtime against
Sauk Prairie.

Boys hockey

Boys basketball

Slaby, Vikes catch fire in win Stoughton skates to tie, travels to the Dells next
Troy Slaby drained 30 points and Max
Fernholz scored 27 as the Stoughton boys
basketball team improved to 7-0 overall
with a 93-51 non-conference win at Dodgeville (2-5).
The hot-shooting performance was
nothing new for Slaby, who leads the team
with 27.7 points per game this seasons.
Fernholz, who is second on the team,
averaging 16.3 ppg, saw all of his points
come from behind the arc against Dodgeville as the Vikings made 16 3-pointers.
Jordan DiBenedetto, who averages
14 ppg, knocked in 13. Darvell Peeples
(10.2) also averages double-digits for
fifth-ranked Stoughton, which has scored
83 points per game this season, but he finished with only three points against Dodgeville.
Vikings head coach Nolan Weber could
not be reached for comment by the Courier Hubs Tuesday print deadline.
Stoughton hosts Racine Horlick on
Thursday before returning to Badge South
Conference action at 7:30p.m. Jan. 6 in
Monroe.
- Jeremy Jones

Whats next

JEREMY JONES

The Vikings host non-conference Racine Horlick (5-1) at 5 p.m. Thursday

in the teams final game of 2016. The
Rebels have averaged 63.6 points per
game so far this season, led by Marquise
Milton, who averages 18.5. Marcus
Caldwell is the only other play with double-digit points for Horlick.

Stoughton boys hockey

found itself down two goals
through 20 minutes Friday,
but battled back to tie Sauk
Prairie 2-2 in the second
period a Badger Conference
crossover game.
Quinn Link and Zeth
Zeichert both scored power-play goals to eventually
send the game into overtime at the Mandt Community Center.
Links goal came 10
minutes into the second
period to pull the Vikings
within one. Zeichert scored
six minutes later to force
overtime with a power-play
goal with 21 seconds
remaining.
Neither team was able to
find the back of the net in
the third period or overtime

Badger South

Sports editor

Badger South
Team
Wins Losses
Monona Grove
4
0
Stoughton 3 0
Edgewood 1 1
Fort Atkinson
1
1
Monroe
1
1
Oregon 0 2
Milton 0 3

Team
Wins Losses Ties

3 0 0
Oregon
2 0 0
Monona Grove
1
1
0
Stoughton
1 1 0
Milton
1 2 0
Monroe
0 4 0

as Carson Roisum stopped

47 shots on goal for the
Vikings (2-4-1) and Dakota
Pickhard finished with 26
saves for Sauk Prairie (3-22).
Cameron Desroches
scored midway through the
first period, and Aziah Webster added another two minutes into the second period
for Sauk Prairie.

Stoughtons Jack Sanford, Jeffrey Huston and

Justin Gibbons each had an
assist.
The Vikings travel to
Wisconsin Dells for the
annual Monks Cheeseburger Classic tournament
at Poppy Waterman Dec.
29-31.

Girls hockey

Icebergs shut out, travel to Rhinelander in search of first win

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Stoughton girls hockey co-op

allowed four second period goals
and dropped a non-conference
game against Arrowhead 5-0 on
Friday.
Cora Hougard scored a hat
trick over 13 minutes into the
second period inside the Howard G. Mullett Ice Center for the

Warhawks.
Mary Kremer added a fourth
goal later in the period and
Emma Serres added another early in the third.
McKenzie Nisius made 29
saves for Stoughton (0-9-0).
Stephanie Wiedenbauer stopped
three shots and Emily Netteshiem made six additional saves
for Arrowhead (4-6-0).
The Icebergs (0-9-0 overall,

0-4-0 Badger Conference) travel to Rhinelander for the Hodag

holiday tournament from Dec.
28-30.
B e a v e r D a m , To m a h a w k ,
Medford, Lakeland and Marinette round out the field.
Stoughton hosts the first place
Sun Prairie Cap City Cougars
co-op (5-1-3, 3-0-1) on Friday.

Badger Conference
Team
Cap City
Metro Lynx
Rock County
Viroqua
Badger Lightning
Icebergs

Wins Losses Ties

3
0
1
2
0
2
2
1
1
1 2 0
1
2
0
0 4 0

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2016: Year saw city take steps on riverfront development, prohibit pig wrestling at fair
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Two other entrances to the commercial center on Hwy. 138 have
been built, and improvements
have been completed at the Hwy.
51-Jackson Street intersection,
where a turn lane is done and traffic signals will be installed and
turned on after Wal-Mart opens
this spring.
Steinkraus said the work has
resulted in easier traveling and
safer roads and intersections for
local drivers.
Although KPW has been controversial and the council had
been divided over the citys use
of tax-increment financing to
make it happen, most alders have
conceded the developments existence and have voted to approve
recent building projects, such as
the hotel and senior housing.
But the council put further
approvals on hold, including
for the single-family homes the
city and school district say they
so badly need, until the developer gets a green light from the
Department of Transportation to
create an access point to Hwy.
138 at Oak Opening Drive from
the Phase 2 area in the development.
The developer has also requested about $11 million more in TIF
assistance from the city for public improvement projects relating
to Phase 2. The council is in the
process of considering the TIF
request.

called acquiring the MillFab parcel key to redevelopment in the

area, and said the city had been
stymied in its attempts to do anything with the redevelopment area
until it owns the MillFab property.
This could be the jewel in
Stoughtons crown, Sveum said.
We have a unique opportunity
to continue Stoughtons legacy of
downtown improvement and revitalization.
Bill Livick

3. Alders make fair squeal

File photo by Kimberly Wethal

The Common Council took a stand against pig wrestling at the Stoughton Junior Fair this year. The council first
paid the Fair Board $6,000 to cancel the contest in July, and then voted in December to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the activity.

to redeveloping an industrial area

along the Yahara River two blocks
south of Main Street into what
officials hope will become a thriving riverfront extension of the
downtown.
It has made arrangements to
purchase a key piece of land, and
the Redevelopment Authority has
solicited proposals for the redevelopment and plans to discuss all
Bill Livick of its options in January. The city
now owns or controls roughly 10
2. Riverfront redevelopment acres between Fourth and Seventh
streets, across from Mandt Park,
The city edged closer this year and is targeting a total of 16 acres

in that area.
The big key was the 6-acre
MillFab site on South Street,
which the city finally was able
to purchase for $750,000 after its
offer was approved by a circuit
court and court-appointed receiver for the property. The property
closing is scheduled for Dec. 29.
But already this month it has
evaluated three developer proposals for the redevelopment
area. Those were solicited in September, and officials say the city
will provide a grant to the future
developer to facilitate public

input for the project

The city is also looking for
grants and other financial assistance to help pay the cost of
cleaning up the site and preparing
it for redevelopment.
City officials hope to see
mixed-use buildings go up in
coming years, providing housing,
commercial, entertainment and
recreational opportunities. Also
on the wish list is the construction
of a riverwalk and a pedestrian
bridge across the river to Mandt
Park.
R DA c h a i r P e t e r S ve u m

The Common Council paid

$6,000 last summer to cancel it,
and six months later adopted an
ordinance prohibiting it.
Thats the story of how pig
wrestling at the Stoughton Junior
Fair went away in 2016, after
six years as one of the fairs top
entertainment draws.
Though the Fair Board had
already stated it did not plan to
bring the event back in 2017, the
Common Council in December
voted unanimously to prohibit it.
The grandstand event was
called off two weeks before it was
scheduled to occur July 1 at the
fair, when the Fair Board accepted
an offer by the council to pay the
organization $6,000 if it agreed to
cancel the wrestling.
It would have been the seventh
consecutive year the fair had held
the event, which fair representatives said was a top money-maker for the organization, bringing
in an estimated $6,000 annually.
That was the basis for the amount
the council offered to pay to cancel it.

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2016: SHS state wrestling runner-up again, Trotter back at chamber, Menzer resigns
Continued from page 8
The event had drawn the attention of
animal-rights activists since 2010, and this
year the debate was louder than ever, drawing more than 9,000 signatures to an online
petition and extensive discussion on social
media.
Supporters of the event spoke passionately in favor of it during a Common Council meeting last summer and charged that
opponents were mostly out-of-town animal
rights activists. Opponents outnumbered
supporters, however, and won the backing
of the council to ban the activity.
Bill Livick

4. Wrestlers once again leave mark

at state
At the end to another challenging season
for the Stoughton High School wrestling
team after the WIAA Division 1 team state
final, the Vikings were once again bringing
home some hardware.
Despite getting closer to the three-time
defending champion Kaukauna, Stoughton fell short 29-27 and finished runner-up
for the second straight season. The week
before, then-junior Garrett Model (138
pounds) and then-senior Collin Kraus (145
pounds) both earned WIAA Division 1
individual titles at the Kohl Center in Madison, the 45th and 46th in school history.
Besides the two champions, the Vikings
also had state runner-up Tyler Dow (152
pounds), state third-place finisher Kaleb
Louis (120) and state qualifiers Hunter Lewis (106), Brandon Klein (113) and
Tristan Jenny (126).
Model held off Oak Creek senior
Andrew McIntosh 6-2 in his finals match,
and Kraus crushed Wilmot Union senior
Jake Morgan in a 13-4 major decision for
his title.
Dow had a chance to pin Sparta sophomore Hayden Krein but fell 12-8 in his
finals match, and Louis edged Sun Prairie
sophomore Drew Scharenbrock 4-2 in sudden-victory overtime to take third.
All of the individual state wrestlers came
back the next week for the schools third
straight appearance in the D1 team state
tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
The Vikings started off with a 56-18
win over Kenosha Bradford/Reuther in the
quarterfinals. Jacob Groleau, Aodan Marshall, Cade Spilde, Lewis, Klein, Louis,
Jenny, Model, Kraus and Dow all earned
wins.
Later that same day, Stoughton clinched
a spot in the state final with a 30-25 win

over Sauk Prairie in the semifinals. Erik

Haried, Lewis, Klein, Louis, Jenny, Kraus
and Dow all earned wins in the semifinals.
That set up a rematch the 2015 team
state final against Kaukauna. The Vikings
led 27-23 in the finals with two matches to go, but Kaukauna won the coin flip
and was able to get the final choice in their
lineup.
That allowed state champion Ty Lee
(120) and state third-place finisher Trent
Leon (132) to be placed in the last two
matches, which allowed Kaukauna to get
the decisions and keep Stoughton as the
team-state runner-up.
Model, Kraus, Dow, Marshall, Lewis, Klein and Louis all earned wins in the
finals for the Vikings.
Stoughton is still looking to win its first
team state title since 1988.
With Kraus being the only state qualifier not back this season, the Vikings are
already 14-0 in duals and ranked No. 2 in
the state behind Kaukauna and are also
ranked No. 40 nationally.
Anthony Iozzo

5. Trotter named chamber director

Laura Trotter left the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce in 2016.
Months later, she became its executive
director.
It was part of another year of transition for the chamber, which is on its
fourth executive director in the past

proud of our collective achievements and

the significant progress the district has made
for its students.
Please know that I have thoroughly
appreciated the opportunity to serve on the
Stoughton school board,
Menzer wrote. I consider
board service a privilege, and
our work has been both challenging and satisfying I feel
fortunate to have been associated with the district as a
parent and volunteer for more
than (20) years and as a board
member for nearly a decade. I Menzer
will always be a champion for
Stoughton Schools and public education.
To succeed Menzer, board members chose
File photos by Anthony Iozzo Scott Dirks, who has served on the board at
various times since 2011, as the new presiCollin Kraus, left, celebrates his 145-pound
dent after vice president Donna Tarpinian
state title in the 2016 WIAA Division 1 indideclined the position. Dirks won the position
vidual state wrestling tournament. Above,
Garrett Model celebrates his WIAA Division 1 on a 5-3 vote over board member Joe Freye.
It was unexpected that Liz was going to
individual state wrestling title at 138 pounds
have to leave and I dont think that I can
with teammate Tyler Dow in February. Dow
hope to fill those shoes very well, Dirks said
finished state runner-up.
after his election. Ill do my best, though.
year-and-a-half.
Menzers seat on the board was later filled
Trotter has almost five years of experi- via appointment with Nicole Weissinger,
ence with the organization,
who will run for election in April.
beginning as the Syttende
Mai coordinator in 2012,
Scott De Laruelle
then becoming the visitor
services coordinator.
7. Council shifts on KPW, TIF
She left that post in February for another company.
The makeup of the Common Council shiftBut after then-executive
ed in the wake of the April election, as two
director Marilyn Hous alders opposed to the Kettle Park West develner left in March after five Trotter
opment replaced two staunch supporters.
months on the job, Trotter
The election of Kathleen Tass Johnson and
became interim director.
Dennis Kittleson resulted what had been a
Trotter was given the full-time job in 6-6 split on the council becoming a majority
June.
against the project, particularly as it comes to
The staff now includes Trotter, admin- the citys financial backing of it.
istrative assistant Mickey McCormick and
Johnson defeated former alder Ron Chrisevent coordinator Tricia Suess, who took tianson in a landslide, and Sonny Swangstu
on that position earlier this year after serv- resigned his seat and was replaced by Kiting as interim, as well.
tleson. Christianson and Swangstu had consistently supported the development and the
Scott Girard citys use of tax-increment financing to support it.
Johnson and Kittleson joined six alders
6. School board president resigns who
have opposed the development: Tim
The Stoughton Area School District lost Swadley, Tom Majewski, Michael Engela key leader when long-time board mem- berger, Regina Hirsch, Sid Boersma and Tom
ber and president Liz Menzer stepped down Selsor.
effective Aug. 12.
Selsor resigned his Dist. 4 seat in August
She accepted a job with the Studer Group and was replaced by Matt Bartlett. Its
in its education division, which would create unclear how Bartlett will approach Forward
a conflict of interest for her, as it works with Development Groups next $11 million TIF
the district. Menzer had been on the board request, which the council is likely to address
since 2007 and been board president since early in 2017. But its highly likely that
2009.
In her resignation letter, she said she was
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Honorable mentions
Kind act gets international notice
A local restaurateur put
Stoughton on the map with
his random act of kindness
this summer.
Joel Cervantes Macias,
one of the owners of El
Rio Grande,
helped start
a GoFundMe
campaign in
September
for an elderly
man he met
on a street in
Chicago who
h e n o t i c e d Macias
was struggling to push his cart to sell
paletas (traditional Mexican
frozen treats).
In just 10 days, 17,447
strangers raised $384,290
to help the 89-year-old ice
pop vendor Fidencio Sanchez retire and care for his
family.
Major media outlets from
around the world picked
up the heartwarming story, which all started when
Macias handed the man $50

for 20 paletas and shared a

picture of the hunched-over
man pushing his cart on
Facebook.
Macias told the Hub he
thought the image touched
a lot of people because it
showed the struggle of a
lot of Latino people in this
country.
Samantha Christian

No-hit zones, anti-bullying

Stoughton became the
countys first municipality with no hit zones
this year, and the city also
adopted an anti-bullying
ordinance in response to a
parents concerns.
Under the no-hit policy, city staff and others are
encouraged to intervene
and stop people from striking another person, regardless of their relationship, at
all city properties and facilities.
The program, adopted
by the Common Council in
August, is part of a national

movement to end corporal

punishment.
The anti-bullying ordinance was adopted in October. It could hold parents
responsible for a childs
repeated bullying behavior,
and gives the police department some teeth in efforts
to end bullying, chief Greg
Leck said.

Road north of Roby Road,

and also not to impose a
parking restriction on the
same stretch of roadway.
Later in October, the council voted not to remove a bike
lane farther south on Kings
Lynn Road, between Jackson
Street and Roby Road, and
also to retain restricted parking where the lane exists.

Bill Livick

Bill Livick

Kings Lynn bike lanes

Hospital expansion

Residents both for and

against bike lanes on Kings
Lynn Road each got some
of what they wanted from
the Common Council this
year.
Some residents wanted the bike lane removed,
arguing it leads nowhere
and presented safety issues
by removing parking, while
others said theyd like to
see more bike lanes in the
city.
In response to a petition
drive, the council in early October decided not to
extend a bike lane on the
east side of Kings Lynn

Stoughton Hospital conducted a $13.2 million

expansion and renovation
of its emergency and urgent
care areas this year. The project included a new surgical
area on the hospitals second
floor, a new laboratory and
ambulance garage. It was the
biggest expansion in the hospitals 112-year history.
Along with expanding the
emergency department and
urgent care area, improvements were made to the
outpatient surgery department and registration area.
Bill Livick

Opera House staff

The Stoughton Opera
House lost an events coordinator this year and gained
a house manager, in a
reshuffling of staff. Christina Dollhausen left in
August and was replaced in
late September by Nicole
Richmond.
She joins Opera House
director Bill Brehm and
box office manager Julia
Blaikie on the venues staff.
City officials also promoted Blaikie to full-time after
working part-time since
2012 as an assistant to Dollhausen.
Bill Livick

Weum, Benoy medal at

state tournaments
Seniors Aly Weum and
Sarah Benoy both earned
i n d iv i d u a l m e d a l s f o r
Stoughton High School
over the past year.
Weum finished third at
the WIAA Division 1 state
track and field meet in

La Crosse with a school

record time of 56.34 seconds in the 400-meter
dash. A three-sport athlete
who also runs cross country and helped the Vikings
girls basketball ball team
make state, she went on to
earn All-State honors from
the Wisconsin High School
track and field coaches
association.
She will continue her
track and field career at
the University of Iowa next
fall.
In tennis, ninth-seeded
Benoy defeated Sun Prairie
rival Lats Sysouvanh, seeded eighth, in a four-hour
quarterfinal match in order
to reach the round of eight.
Benoy was the second individual to advance that far
at the WIAA individual
state tennis tournament,
and the Vikings first medalist in 22 years.
Only foreign exchange
s t u d e n t J a n a H r d i n ova
advanced further, winning
the state title in 1994.
Jeremy Jones

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Johnson and Kittleson will
oppose using the citys TIF
to support the development.
Before the election, the
council unanimously adopted
a more stringent TIF policy,
as the previous policy or its
implementation had been
the subject of much criticism. Language in the new
policy, which includes financial studies, requires the city
to follow it unless two-thirds
of the council votes to allow
officials to deviate from it.
Some alders felt it was
important to include the
two-thirds requirement in
the overhauled TIF policy
because some city officials
who supported developing
the Kettle Park West commercial center argued during
debates in the last two years
that the policy was merely a
guideline that the city did
not need to strictly follow.
Bill Livick

8. (tie) Veterans
Memorial almost ready
More than 150 years in the
making, the Stoughton Area
Veterans Memorial Park

came close to being finished

this year but appears to have
a few more months to go.
When finished, the park
a joint effort between
Stoughton VFW Post 328
and American Legion Post
59 will list the names of
more than 5,200 Stoughton
area veterans, dating back to
the Civil War. A centerpiece
will feature the names of the
169 area service members
who were killed in action.
Park organizers have
raised around $900,000 of
the $1 million target for
the park. Bud Erickson, of
American Legion Post 59,
told the Hub the group has
raised $906,000 of a planned
$1 million for the park, with
12 pillar faces, eight benches and 250 memorial paver
stones still available.
After initially aiming for
a Nov. 11, 2016, dedication
ceremony, members of the
Stoughton Area Veterans
Memorial Park steering committee meeting decided to
postpone that date until June
2017, due to unavoidable
circumstances with monument inscriptions, said Erickson.
Its a real disappointment
to all who have worked so
hard on this project, he said,

noting that the group ran out

of time to get all inscriptions
up before that date.
For a name to be inscribed
on the black granite wall, a
veteran or active duty military person must have resided in the Stoughton Area
School District at some time.
Anyone, veteran or not, can
purchase a paver brick and
have it inscribed as desired.

That same month, a pair of

Stoughton High School graduates were involved in the
heroin overdose death of one
of their roommates.
Wyatt Staff, 20, and David
Beloungy, 21, each plead
guilty to felony charges related to the death of 32-year-old
Joshua Strate.
Staff, who also helped
police catch the seller of
the heroin in an undercover
Scott De Laruelle operation, pleaded guilty to
first-degree reckless homicide. Beloungy pleaded
8. (tie) Tragic deaths
guilty to felony possession of
A Stoughton woman was narcotic drugs.
shot to death in front of her
Scott Girard
Madison workplace in February.
Caroline Nosal, 24, was
shot Feb. 2 in front of the 8. (tie) Girls basketball
Metro Market on Cottage rolls to D2 state final
Grove Road on the citys east
While the Stoughton High
side by a former co-work- School girls basketball team
er, Christopher OKroley. held the WIAA Division 2
OKroley was involved in runner-up trophy over their
a brief shootout with police heads following the state
as they closed in on him the final, tears rolled down their
next day near East Towne faces.
Mall.
In the moment, followOKroley was sentenced to ing the grind of the 2015life in prison after pleading 16 season, the 46-42 loss to
guilty to charges of first-de- New Berlin Eisenhower was
gree intentional homicide tough to swallow.
and first-degree recklessly
Looking back on the seaendangering safety.
son, there isnt much to be

disappointed about, though.

It was the first time in school
history that the program
made a state tournament,
and instead of being lost in
the lights at the Resch Center in Green Bay, the Vikings
one-upped themselves by
knocking off Onalaska
56-53 in the state semifinals.
Stoughton even held a
one-point lead in the state
final with just over 5 minutes to go, but simply ran
out of time in the back-andforth game.
The run to state was no
fluke, either, as the Vikings
(25-3 overall) finished 11-1
in the competitive Badger
South Conference which
included the WIAA Division
3 runner-up Madison Edgewood. They even defeated
non-conference Verona the
eventual WIAA Division 1
champion in the regular
season.
The success continued
from there as Stoughton
claimed regional and sectional titles to set up a showdown with Onalaska in the
state semifinals.
Then-senior Hannah Hobson was one of the stars in
that game. Hobson who
now plays womens basketball for the NCAA Division

II Michigan Technical University hit two free throws

at the end of the first half
that allowed the Vikings to
take the lead for good.
Onalaska still made it
close at the end, cutting
the lead down to just one
with eight seconds left, but
Stoughton persevered like it
had all season by connecting
on its final 10 free throws to
clinch a spot in the finals.
In the final, the Vikings
led by eight points with
10:12 remaining but New
Berlin Eisenhower was
relentless and took the lead
for good at the 5:14 mark.
Stoughton didnt trail
by more than four points
the rest of the way, but the
Vikings couldnt retake the
lead before time expired.
Still, despite falling just
short of every teams ultimate goal, Stoughton left
its mark in those two state
games. The Vikings shot
33-for-80 (41 percent) from
the field and 33-for-46 (72
percent) from the free-throw
line. They also finished with
60 rebounds, including 23
offensive rebounds, and 12
steals.

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plies, materials, food, etc.); $875 from

the FFA Alumni Affiliate towards costs
for Stoughton High School student attendance at the Annual FFA Convention,
in Indianapolis, October 18-21, 2016; $23
from Kegonsa Working for Kids for Kegonsa kindergarten student Olbrich Garden field trip fees; rollerblades valued
at $2,565 from Sandhill Working for Kids
for Sandhill student physical education
classes; furniture valued at $2,500 from
Ashley Furniture/Shari Wagner for creating a comfortable atmosphere for parents
at Sandhill School; Boys basketball
practice jerseys valued at $761.31
from Doug & Amy Slaby; and, related
budget adjustments for $3,667.65.
DISCUSSION: A. SASD 21 C 2.0
Presentation - Drew Howick, Patina Consulting Drew Howick, Patina Consulting,
gave a Future Search presentation explaining the methodology/principles of
whole system planning. The presentation
also featured highlights from the SASD
21C event held in 2011.
B. District and Building Goals, Strategies and Progress Monitoring Updates
Judy Singletary & Building Principals
Judy Singletary, Keli Melcher, Paul Vande
Hei, and all five building administrators
(Kruse-SHS; Gates-River Bluff; Shimon(for Huntley-Rogers) - Fox; Conrad - Kegonsa; Fimreite-Sandhill) gave a group
presentation which included information
about the school report cards, SASD
goals and achievements, and building
level reports addressing what is working well, what challenges exist, and next
steps. A questions and answers session
followed the presentation.
C. Policies - 710.00 Interlibrary Loan,
722.00 Course Options, & 818.00 Title I
Parent and Family Engagement
Donna Tarpinian reviewed three policy revisions that were brought forward
to the Board for first reading. 1) 710.00 Interlibrary Loan 2) 722.00 Course Options
and 3) 818.00 Title I Parent and Family
Engagement. The Policy Committee has
reviewed the revisions and recommends
approval of these policy revisions. The
revised policies will be placed on the December 5, 2016 agenda for Board action.
DISCUSSION/ACTION: A. WEDC
Grant Resolution Amendment: A motion
was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded
by Bev Fergus, and carried unanimously
to amend the authorization previously
adopting the resolution supporting the
SASD FAB LAB and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)
grant by changing the resolution wording regarding matching funds from 50%
($12,500) to100% ($25,000) and changing
the adopted date to reflect todays date,
November 21,2016. Amended Resolution
-WHEREAS, the Stoughton Area School
District Board of Education supports the
Stoughton high school Fab Lab; and,
WHEREAS, the Stoughton Area School
District Board of Education supports the
ongoing efforts of Fab Lab Stoughton
in their continued assistance and funding
of the high school Fab Lab; and, WHERE-

CONSENT AGENDA: A motion was

made by Bev Fergus, seconded by Allison Sorg, and carried unanimously to:
approve the November 21, 2016 Regular
Meeting minutes; approve the 112016 to
120616 check register as presented; We
would like to say thank you to the following individuals and move approval
of their donations to the District: $15,000
from Friends of Norwegian Culture for
the Norwegian Dancer Tour; $6,300 from
Stoughton Area Community Foundation
for District Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS); $1,500 from
Stoughton Area Community Foundation
for Stoughton High School funding of
The Life of a Viking activity nights;$1,065
from Stoughton Youth Running Club
for Stoughton High School Boys Cross
Country t-shirts; $450 from Dane County Deputy Sheriff Association Cops for
Kids for Stoughton High School Orchestra Tour Students in Need; $200 from
University of Wisconsin-Madison for
Stoughton High School Athletic Training
Room supplies;$101.50 from Morgridge
Institute for Research, Inc. for District
Field Trip Transportation for Students;
$100 from Eugsters Farm Market for
Stoughton High School miscellaneous
student activities; a 1/4 size Cello valued
at $400 and a 13 Viola valued at $400
from Paul and Jeannie Blommel for student instrument rentals; and, related budget adjustments for $24,716.50
COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Social
Media Task Force - Brett Schumacher
reported that the committee has met two
times and have discussed the outline of
our infrastructure, collected data from
surveys, and participated in a group exercise regarding the use of social media.
A request to learn more about how other
districts & parents use social media was
made. Paul Vande Hei will report to the
board in February 2017 with next steps.
DISCUSSION: A. Food Service Presentation - Michelle Madden, Taher Food
Service Manager Michelle Madden, Director of Food Service for Taher, gave
a power point presentation. Highlights
included family meals, catering options,
and a free culinary arts education opportunity that she offers at Kegonsa Elementary school. B. SASD 21C 2.0 Discussion
- The Board selected Saturday, April 8,
2016 as the best date for the SASD 21C
2.0 strategic planning event. Names for
possible Design Team members should
be emailed to Dr. Onsager. C. Transportation Update - Erica Pickett, Director of
Business Services Erica Pickett, Director
of Business Services, gave the annual
Transportation update.
DISCUSSION/ACTION: A. 710.00 Interlibrary Loan - A motion was made by
Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Bev Fergus, and carried unanimously on a roll
call (Schumacher, Fergus, Sorg, Tarpinian, Freye, Wiessinger, Rabe, FitzGibbon,
Dirks) to approve the revisions to 710.00
Interlibrary Loan policy as presented. B.
722.00 Course Options- A motion was
made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by

Brett Schumacher, and carried unanimously on a roll call (Schumacher, Fergus, Sorg, Tarpinian, Freye, Wiessinger,
Rabe, FitzGibbon, Dirks) to approve the
revisions to 722.00 Course Options policy as presented. C. 818.00 Title I Parent
& Family Engagement - A motion was
made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by
Bev Fergus, and carried unanimously
on a roll call (FitzGibbon, Rabe, Fergus,
Schumacher, Wiessinger, Freye, Sorg,
Tarpinian, Dirks) to approve the revisions
to 818.00 Title I Parent & Family Engagement policy as presented.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
A. Regular Board Meetings: December 19, January 9, 2017 (6:15pm Stoughton High School Building Tour; 7:00 pm
Regular Board Meeting @ Stoughton
High School) B. Policy Committee Meeting: December 5, January 9, 2017 C. Finance Committee meeting: December 19
& January 23, 2017
ADJOURN: A motion was made by
Freye, seconded by FitzGibbon and carried unanimously to adjourn at 8:30 p.m.
__________________________________
Bev Fergus, Clerk
Published: December 29, 2016
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Anthony Iozzo

Legals

Case No. 16PR764

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
May 27, 1943 and date of death November
14, 2016, was domiciled in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 1301 Hyland Drive, Stoughton,
WI 53589.
3. The application will be heard at
the Dane County Courthouse, Madison,
Wisconsin, Room 1005, before the presiding Probate Registrar, on January 5,
2017 at 8:00 a.m.
You do not need to appear unless
you object. The application may be granted if there is no objection.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is March
17, 2017.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000.
6. This publication is notice to any
persons whose names or addresses are
unknown.
If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate
in the court process, please call 608266-4311 at least 10 working days prior
to the scheduled court date. Please note
that the court does not provide transportation.
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
December 6, 2016
Kelly Maier
4206 Heffernan Drive
Madison, WI 53704
608-347-4483
Published: December 15, 22 and 29, 2016
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***

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The City of Stoughton Planning

Commission will hold a Public Hearing on
Monday, January 9, 2017 at 6:00 oclock
p.m., or as soon after as the matter may
be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321 S. Fourth Street,
Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin,
53589, to consider a proposed amendment to the approved Specific Implementation Plan for Kwik Trip, Lot 6, Kettle
Park West, 1359 US Highway 51, Stoughton, WI. The parcel is described in Dane
County records as follows:

402 Help Wanted, General

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BOARD OF EDUCATION
STOUGHTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A regular meeting of the Board of

Education of the Stoughton Area School
District was called to order Monday, November 21 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative and Educational Services
Center Board Room by President, Scott
Dirks.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Scott
Dirks, Bev Fergus, Yolibeth FitzGibbon,
Joe Freye, Sara Rabe, Brett Schumacher,
Allison Sorg, Donna Tarpinian, Nicole Wiessinger, Isabelle Genter (Student Representative).
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Donna Tarpinian gave an update from the WASB
Legislative Advocacy Conference she
attended in Stevens Point, WI on
11/12/16. She provided each Board Member with handouts regarding Teacher
Shortages, Post-election Analysis, and
the 2017-19 State Budget Preview from
the conference.
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR/PRINCIPAL/STUDENT REPORTS: Dr. Onsagers
report included 1) SHS Madrigal Dinner
Invitations 2) Provided a handout explaining how TIFs work and 3) a Helping
Hand promo story to be aired on Channel
27.
CONSENT AGENDA: A motion was
made by Bev Fergus, seconded by Joe
Freye, and carried unanimously to: approve the November 7, 2016 regular
meeting minutes; approve the November
3-17, 2016 check register and November
15, 2016 Pcard transaction report as presented; We would like to say thank you
to the following individuals and groups
and move approval of their donations
to the District: $1,769.65 from Center Ice
Club for Stoughton High School hockey
jerseys;$1,000 from Culvers for Stoughton High School use as needed (sup-

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BOARD OF EDUCATION
STOUGHTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 5, 2016

A regular meeting of the Board of

Education of the Stoughton Area School
District was called to order Monday, December 5 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative and Educational Services Center
Board Room by President, Scott Dirks.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Scott
Dirks, Bev Fergus, Yolibeth FitzGibbon,
Joe Freye, Sara Rabe, Brett Schumacher, Allison Sorg, Donna Tarpinian, Nicole
Wiessinger, and Isabelle Genter (Student
Representative).
SPOTLIGHT ON LEARNING: The
Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers
sang two selections and are celebrating
their 40th year. The annual Madrigal Dinner will take place at SHS December 10
- 12, 2016.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: None.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR/PRINCIPAL/STUDENT REPORTS: Dr. Onsager thanked the Madrigal singers for
their performance and commented on
the great talent of our students. The
Compensation Committee Report will
be presented at the January 9 meeting;
several concerts are coming up - River
Bluff Winter Concert 12/6, SHS Winter
Band Concert 12/8, Orchestra Winter
Concert 12/19, and Fox Prairie All School
Sing 12/20/16. 2016-17 inclement weather
procedures have been sent via building
newsletters.

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Case No. 16PR809

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
August 31, 1920 and date of death December 4, 2016, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 400 N. Morris Street,
Stoughton, WI 53589.
3. All interested persons waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is March
31, 2017.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton
Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000.
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
December 22, 2016
Jonathan M. Hajny
221 Kings Lynn Road, Suite D
Stoughton, WI 53589
(608) 877-4081
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602 Antiques & Collectibles

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642 Crafts & Hobbies

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WOODWORKING TOOLS FOR
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vacuum and Router blades $250.
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Delta 10" compound adjustable table
miter saw w/electric quick brake
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Craftsman Soldering Gun (w/case)
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Dowel set-up kit $35
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646 Fireplaces,
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TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411

WERE
ALL
EARS

Questions?
Comments?
Story Ideas?
Let us know how
were doing.
Your opinion is something
we always want to hear.

Call 873-6671 or at
connectstoughton.com

Located just 8 miles from Madison a small

town Skilled Nursing/Rehab Facility are
seeking a full time RN on the AM shift which
includes every other weekend and a rotating
holiday schedule. Benefit package included.
If you are looking to make a change in 2017
come join our growing/expanding team.

970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725

Apply at:
www.oregonmanor.biz or
call To m at (608) 835-3535.

Human Resources Department

Looking to hire a full time individual with our core values:

Leadership, Integrity, Respect, and being Customer Driven

EOE

Full-Time A/P Clerk

Stoughton Lease & Rental
40 hours per week-with the possibility of overtime
Duties include but are not limited to:
Review, adjust and verify information/documents, perform
data entry, maintain files, communicate with vendors and coworkers, and general clerical support
Apply online at www.stoughtontrailers.com -click on the
Careers tab, select the A/P Clerk position, and click on Apply
Now to fill out an application and submit your resume
or apply in person at 1111 Veterans Road, Stoughton, WI

Stoughton Trailers, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

DOING WHAT WE SAY SINCE 1935.

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800-44-PRIDE

UNION ROAD STORAGE

10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road

www.facebook.com/StoughtonTrailers
or www.twitter/StoughtonTrlrs

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Call 608-442-1898

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE

10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900

Stoughton Courier Hub

975 Livestock

RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240

OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316

WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.

We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114

Seeking caregivers to provide care

to seniors in their homes.
Need valid DL and dependable vehicle.
FT & PT positions available.
Flexible scheduling.

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

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RECOVER PAINTING Offers carpentry,

drywall, deck restoration and all forms
of painting Recover urges you to join in
the fight against cancer, as a portion of
every job is donated to cancer research.
Free estimates, fully insured, over 20
years of experience. Call 608-270-0440.

SEASONED SPLIT OAK,

Hardwood. Volume discount. Will deliver.
608-609-1181

Roger G. Roth, CPA & Associates, LLP is a growing,

forward thinking, full service accounting firm
located in Evansville nestled between Madison
and Janesville. The firm prides itself on treating
customers individually, building relationships, and
continuing to support the needs of their clients.
We are looking for motivated candidates interested
in continuing to grow their knowledge base. This
position is responsible for preparation of individual
tax returns; general accounting functions including
preparing journal entries, maintain general ledgers
and account reconciliations; monthly closings and
account analysis and supporting the partners in carrying out the responsibilities of the accounting firm.
You must be driven to succeed, detail oriented with
a proven track record of meeting short deadlines.
You must be ambitious, work well within a team
environment, have excellent communication skills.
For more information see our website
www.rgr-cpa.com

CPA

ROGER G. ROTH, CPA

&
ASSOCIATES, LLP
Tax & Accounting
Services

1 N Madison St., Evansville, WI 53536

p: 608.882.2795 f: 608.882.2480
rgrcpa@rgr-cpa.com

Employee-Owned.
Forward Thinking.
Community Focused.

Advertising Sales Consultant

Tax Accountant

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HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Winter-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
European-Craftsmanship
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377

December 29, 2016

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ConnectStoughton.com

Do you have excellent communication skills? Creative

ideas? The ability to develop and maintain client
relationships? An interest in print and web-based media?
We have an established account list with growth potential.
If you possess excellent communication and organizational
skills, a pleasant personality, and the ability to prospect
for new business we would like to speak to you. Previous
sales experience desired. Media experience a plus. This
opportunity is with the Unified Newspaper Group (UNG)
with locations in Verona, Stoughton and Oregon, Wisconsin.
Benefits include competitive compensation, employee
stock option ownership, 401(k), paid vacations, holidays,
parental leave, volunteer time off, sick time, floating holidays
and more. Health, dental, life, disability and supplement
insurance is available. Continuing education assistance
offered for further career development.
UNG is a division of Woodward Communications, Inc.,
an employee-owned organized headquartered in
Dubuque, Iowa. Learn more about UNG on our website
www.unifiednewsgroup.com

To learn more about this opportunity, submit your

application and resume at www.wcinet.com/careers
Woodward Communications, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
WCI maintains a tobacco-free campus.
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Show off your kids in

Unified Newspaper Groups

Kids Today
Send us a special fun photo of your child to be
published in the Great Dane Shopping News
on Wednesday, January 25.
Selfies Kids with Pets Any Fun Photo Poses!

Voting on facebook

Great Dane Shopping News

Like us on facebook to vote from Wednesday, January 11 thru

Wednesday, January 18 for the most creative photos!
The top 5 winners and prizes will be announced in the
Great Dane Shopping News on Wednesday, January 25.
Children of all ages accepted

Lets have some fun!!

To enter, send the form below and a current photo or visit one of our websites
to fill out the online form under Submit an Item and upload your photo by
Monday, January 9, 2017.
Please print clearly. One entry per child. One form per child. Mail to:

Kids Today
133 Enterprise Dr., PO Box 930427, Verona, WI 53593

Or go online to enter on any of our websites under Submit an Item:

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Childs Name __________________________________________________________________________
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